I lost my leadout men but I was alright. Van Avermaet's teammate Tejay van Garderen and Frenchman Julian Alaphilippe of Quick-Step are five and six seconds back respectively. The only incident to interrupt the leg was a pile-up with just under 20K to go. "I'm fine. Gianni (Moscon) went down, I went over the top, it was just one of those t...

Humphrey Metrodome in Minneapolis. He was drafted by the Oakland Athletics and moved on to play for the Midland RockHounds in 2013 through 2014. The semifinal matchup between Kyle Schwarber of the Chicago Cubs and Hoskins went down to the final swing.

Sources have told ESPN FC that executive vice-chairman Ed Woodward has been holding out for around £15 million. Louis van Gaal signed Blind from Ajax in 2014 after working with the utility man when he managed the Netherlands and the versatile Dutchman proved popular at Old Trafford during his debut campaign.

After consequently resigning as chairman of the board , the Associated Press reports that Papa John's will also stop using Schnatter's face in logos and ads. Schnatter's name will also be removed from the university's Center for Free Enterprise at its business school, university spokesman John Karman confirmed to The Post.

John Isner found himself involved in another record-breaking Wimbledon epic Friday as his semifinal with Kevin Anderson became the second-longest singles match in Wimbledon history. "Of course I was anxious when I lost the second set", said Nadal, who had reached the quarter-finals without dropping a set and might have continued that run had h...

Adam Lallana will start Liverpool's friendly with Tranmere Rovers , while new signings Naby Keita and Fabinho are also included from the off. In an alternative world, Lallana would have been in Moscow preparing for the World Cup semi-final as an integral part of the England squad.

There is some kind of football anti-incumbency going on with the big teams getting eliminate against the so-called smaller opposition. Had the right-back been aged 31 and playing in his fourth World Cup like the careworn Lionel Messi , instead of 22 and playing in his first, perhaps Pavard wouldn't have dared to attempt the sliced, long-distance...

Defending champion Federer will be playing in his 16th Wimbledon quarter-final and 53rd at all Grand Slams. And all on a surgically-repaired knee. But first they have to negotiate their quarter-final matches on Wednesday. That, of course, is a positive result. "Sometimes the things works better, sometimes worse".

This morning, it was confirmed that the suspect, who had barricaded himself inside the home, was found dead. USA media report this was Honeycutt's residence in the Sherman Oaks area of Los Angeles. In 2013 he left the USA to play for Israeli team Ironi Nes Ziona, followed by BC Khimki in 2014. Honeycutt was named to the All-Pac 10 first team ...

I felt good out there. Also with Marin Cilic taking an unexpected premature exit Thursday, Federer's run to the final is looking pretty straightforward. Also Severin and Ivan gave me good advice. Lopez marked the achievement by beating Federico Delbonis 6-3 6-4 6-2 to progress to round two at the All England Club.

As the game entered stoppage time he flew high to his left to turn Mateus Uribe's blistering long-range effort behind. "I have got power and agility". "I would have caught it". After half-time England's nerves were calmed when Harry Kane opened the scoring with a penalty. "I might be young but I've got good mental strength and experience and I ...

Philippine and Australian players engage in a brawl during their FIBA World Cup Asian qualifier game at the Philippine arena in Bocaue town, Bulacan province, north of Manila on July 2, 2018. "[Looking at the footage] one of our players, Nathan Sobey, is getting assaulted by a fan". "You can not expect to do that to a team five times and no...

They could have wrapped up the result five minutes from the end of extra time but Luka Modric had his penalty saved by Kasper Schmeichel . He wasn't just an effective attacking outlet, but an extra defender as well. But the Croatians were in no mood to let Denmark enjoy the unprecedented lead for very long as they too found the net soon ...

Cleveland can offer the most money, and the Cavs are, after all, James' hometown team. LeBron James has decided not to pick up his $35.6 million option for next season with the Cleveland Cavaliers and will become an unrestricted free agent, according to multiple reports , including Bleacher Report's Howard Beck .

Granqvist, who also scored from the spot against South Korea , said: "What a performance we did - it could have been 5-0 or 6-0". Germany was shocked in its opening match in Russian Federation by losing to Mexico , and the squad needed a goal in stoppage time from Toni Kross to pull out a 2-1 victory over Sweden .

A new record was set on Tuesday [NZ time], when referee Enrique Caceres gave one to Portugal, then one to Iran during their 1-1 draw at Mordovia Arena in Russian Federation, the 19th and 20th penalties of the tournament. Think great players can not in this situation be wrong, but it made Lionel Messi and Ronaldo repeated. The simultaneous seq...

Sampaoli reportedly asked Messi whether he should bring on Sergio Aguero in their eventual 2-1 victory over Nigeria in the decisive group game. We follow every game. As the drama unfolded in St Petersburg , Iceland was simultaneously fighting with all its Nordic might for a win over the Croats in Rostov-on-Don that could have sent them...

Both halves of the draw are hard. England ´s forward Harry Kane celebrates with England´s midfielder Jordan Henderson (R) after scoring a penalty during the Russian Federation 2018 World Cup Group G football match between England and Panama at the Nizhny Novgorod Stadium in Nizhny Novgorod on June 24, 2018.

To qualify for the knockout stage, Germany needed to win by two or more goals or better Sweden's result against Mexico in the other Group F game being played at the same time. Germany had made it to the quarterfinals at the past nine World Cups, and reached at least to the semifinals at every tournament since 2002. But South Korea would ...

The 1-0 win for Roberto Martinez's much-changed team in Kaliningrad earns a second-round tie against Japan while England have a trickier-looking match against Colombia . Senegal exits World Cup 2018 on fair-play heartbreak. This is most likely only to come into play in two-team ties and even then is unlikely - but will be used if England ...